Sean Kirkby, Author at Wisconsin Health News

On the Record with Mary Starmann-Harrison, CEO, Hospital Sisters Health System

Jul 2, 2021 | Hospitals, On The Record, Top Stories |

Hospital Sisters Health System CEO Mary Starmann-Harrison announced late last year that she would retire in 2021 after 10 years at the system’s helm.

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Encompass Health plans two rehabilitation hospitals in Wisconsin

Jul 2, 2021 | Hospitals, Top Stories |

Alabama-based Encompass Health said this week it plans to build two rehabilitation hospitals in Wisconsin.

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Report: Wisconsin’s Medicaid program finishes biennium with projected $593.5 million GPR surplus

Jul 2, 2021 | Medicaid/Medicare, Top Stories |

Wisconsin’s Medicaid program likely finished the 2019-21 biennium in the black, with a $593.5 million surplus in state funding, per a projection released Thursday.

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Pharmacists oppose bill allowing retailers to sell drugs for less than cost

Jul 2, 2021 | Legislature, Top Stories |

Pharmacists oppose a bill that would allow retailers to sell prescription drugs and other healthcare products below cost.

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DHS: 50.3 percent of Wisconsinites receive one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, 47 percent fully inoculated

Jul 2, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories |

The Department of Health Services reported Thursday that 50.3 percent of Wisconsinites have now received at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine.

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Budget heads to Evers

Jul 1, 2021 | Legislature, State budget, Top Stories |

The state’s proposed 2021-23 budget is headed to Gov. Tony Evers’ desk for his consideration, after the Senate signed off on the two-year spending plan Wednesday night.

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More counties see low levels of COVID-19 activity

Jul 1, 2021 | Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Top Stories |

More counties are seeing low levels of COVID-19 activity, per state data released Wednesday.

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Evers signs opioid settlement bill into law

Jul 1, 2021 | Legislature, Top Stories |

Gov. Tony Evers on Wednesday signed into law a bill setting up a framework for distributing funds from a settlement in a lawsuit brought by Wisconsin counties and others against opioid manufacturers, distributors and retailers.

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